A new Supreme Court ruling that is “punishing people for being homeless” has paved the way for cities to enforce outdoor sleeping bans on unhoused people. The 6-3 ruling split along party lines overturns an appeals court’s decision that found a law prohibiting homeless people from sleeping outside on public property in Grants Pass, Oregon unconstitutional. The Supreme Court announced Friday the reversal of the decision, penned by Justice Neil Gorsuch. “Homelessness is complex,” he wrote in the court’s opinion. “Its causes are many. So may be the public policy responses required to address it. …
